Coffee-filter.



No. 70|,63,2. Patented :une 3, |902. A. F. sHmvEn, necd.

H. `al-IRIVER, Aaministratix.

COFFEE FILTER.

(Application led Jan. 9, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRIETTA SHRIVER, OF ARBUCKLE, CALIFORNIA, ADMINISTRATRIX OF AUGUSTUS F. SIAIRIVER, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO MORRISZOBERBIER AND SAMUEL B. CALDVELL, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COFFEEFFILTER.

SPECIFICATION forming* part f Letters Patent No. 761,632, dated J' une 3, 1902. Application filed January 9, V1902. Serial No. 89,008. (No model.)

Arbuckle, in' the county of Colusa and State,

of California, administratrix of the estate of AUGUSTUS F. SHRIVER, deceased, (late acitizen of the United States, and a resident. of

Arbuckle, in the county of Colusa and State of California, as by reference to the duly-certiied copy of letters testamentary hereto anneXed will more fully app`ear,)`who did in his lifetime inventcertain new and useful Improvements invCoffee-Filter's, do hereby declare the following to be affull,-clear, and exact description of said invention.

This invention relates "tofimprovements in devices for holdingand filtering coee or the like while boiling or steeping; and the object is to provide a lter of simple construction that may be readily inserted orremoved from a coffee pot and by vmeans of which the grounds may be lifted out or above the liquid, thus avoiding the impairing of the'iiavor.

I will describe a coffee-filter embodying the invention andthen point out the novel fea-'- tures in the appended claim. Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,-

in Which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation ofa coffeepot, showing a filter embodying the invention as arranged therein. the filter, and Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof with the cover removed.

The filter lis made in the form of acup,

the side walls and bottom of .which areuperforated orfmade of sieve material, and the lter is provided with a cover 2. Attached to the opposite sides of the filter are upwardly-extending spring yielding arms 3, each arm consisting of a single length of wire bent to form Fig. 2 is a side view of two members, the u ppervportions of which are curved outward and designed to engage with the sides ofthe coffee pot or vessel 4 to prevent any lateral movement of-the filter, and the upper ends are turned 'inward to serve as handles for removing orinserting the filter. To permit the water to circulate freely through the bottom ofthe filter, it is supported when in position somewhat above 'the bottom of the coffee-pot, and for this purpose the ends of the arms 3 are extended below the bottom to form'glegsfas clearly indicated in Fig. l.

' In operation thecoft'ee is to be placed in the filter, which is to be inserted in the coffee-pot with the 'required quantity of water. After boiling thefilter containing the codec-grounds is .to be ,raised above the surface 'of the liquid and 'permittedto'draimor itv maybe Wholly removed.` O

Having thus` described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-L Forusein'connection With a codec-pot or lthe like," a `filter having perforated sides and lbottom walls, spring yielding arms extended upward from opposite sides of the lter, each arm consisting of a single length of wire bent to formtwo members which at the upper por-` tion are curved outward and then inward, and 'downward extensions on said arms forming vlegsto support the filter upon the bottom Yof thepot, substantially as specified. ,I Y.

'In testimony whereof I have signedmy .name to this specification in the presence of tvvo'substribing Witnesses.

HENRIETTA SHRIVER, Administrando@ of th'eestdteof Augustus F.

Shriver, deceased. f

Witnesses:

L. O JOHNsoN, J. W. HoLLIsTER. 

